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lgt seventh in queue is a premium phone aim to go against Samsung's Galaxy S nine and while it has a lot of things going for it it doesn't have quite enough to beat out its competitor or justify its higher price as part of LG's thin queue line of quote unquote smart devices the g7 s camera has some artificial intelligence features the camera can identify more than a thousand objects and images then group these things into 18 different categories like a person flower or food it'll then auto adjust the camera settings accordingly and suggest filters pictures can look more vibrant with these AI adjustments since the contrast is cranked higher it also helped with overexposure and lighting but overall I found myself skipping over the future it can be distracting and while the novelty is fun at first the g7 algorithms need to be more accurate and worked faster LG retain the secondary wide-angle camera too bumping the specs from 13 megapixels to 16 you can also take portrait photos from both cameras with the tap of a button below the volume rocker is a button to launch google assistant when does the World Cup start 2018 World Cup begins on Thursday June 14 2018 double press the key and it could run an image search with google lens though this gives you quick access to Google's handy digital assistant you can't reprogram the button at least for now which is kind of a drag the phone is also still waterproof has wireless charging and has a headphone jack LG added a brand new notch as well which you could change the color of the bars next to it or hide it all together at the same time however the LG G 7 doesn't have much of an X Factor that sets it apart from its competitors while it's great that the phone is water-resistant the design feels very familiar at this point and it just doesn't look as sleek as a s9 in addition it's battery life is unimpressive during our battery drain test for continuous video playback the phone lasted 12 and a half hours the g6 from 2017 lasted a whole hour longer than that and the Galaxy S nine clocked in nearly fifteen and a half hours on top of that the g7 is more expensive than LG flagships of years past about 80 to 100 dollars more depending on the carrier sure it has more internal memory than before but that's still a notable amount of money to ask users for something not super compelling despite being an all-around great phone but that's the curse of LG even though the g7 is a solid and reliable phone it's underwhelming AI experienced an average battery life can't push it to the top of the ranks you